Paramount Chooses
HD DVD Over Blu-ray

By

Sarah McBride

Updated Aug. 21, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

Further muddying a format war over the next generation of DVDs, Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. said they would ditch the high-definition Blu-ray format and release high-definition digital videodiscs in the HD DVD format only.

The move will likely draw out the war between the two formats, in which Blu-ray had seemed to be winning the momentum. Now it will likely take at least two more holiday sales...